Investor Puts Off His Quarrel
With Digital Over Nominations

An Interactive Edition News Roundup

Updated June 27, 1997 7:29 p.m. ET

Investor activist Herbert A. Denton has scrapped plans to pick a fight with Digital Equipment Corp. over nominations for the computer maker's board of directors, but hinted he might take action if financial results don't improve.

Mr. Denton, who has been trying to gather support among Digital's institutional investors to push for change at the Maynard, Mass., company, says the nominee list is no longer necessary because Digital itself has said it's looking for new directors. "There's nothing more we need to do on the...